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I'm going to delete this question and repost it later due to its controversial nature, but it’s something that’s been on my mind for a while. If someone personally identifies as a Jew, Christian, or Muslim, does that say anything about their intelligence? When I was much younger, I used to be highly critical of people who followed traditional religions, because I couldn’t understand how someone could adopt a belief system simply through osmosis from their parents and sincerely believe it to be true. I put this question aside for some time—until recently, when I befriended a Pentecostal pastor from Ghana. He explained to me that, according to his understanding, God flooded the Earth in the Noah’s Ark story because human women were mating with 20-foot-tall cyclopses and producing genetic abominations. I don’t want to come off as edgy or dismissive by labeling all Jews, Christians, or Muslims as unintelligent. There are clearly many intelligent people who believe in a personal God. If someone holds a PhD in a STEM field from a top university but still attends church regularly or performs ṣalāh (ٱلصَّلَاةُ) five times a day, does that make them stupid? I don’t think so. Moreover, religion has given rise to rich mystical traditions—such as Sufism (Islamic mysticism), Hasidism (Jewish mysticism), and Hesychasm (Eastern Orthodox Christian mysticism) —and produced great spiritual thinkers and mystics like Meister Eckhart, St. John of the Cross, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Joan of Arc, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Ibn Arabi, Al-Ghazali, and Rumi. At the same time, there’s empirical evidence suggesting that people with higher levels of education tend to be less religious. Around 40% of scientists are religious, but only 7% of elite scientists are. Among philosophers, less than 1% identify as traditionally religious. (See the video below for a source on these statistics.) By the way, when I say “religious,” I’m particularly referring to those who adhere to Abrahamic religions. I’m mainly talking about normies who follow a traditional religion in a straightforward way—attending church, mosque, or synagogue, praying five times every day, and adhering to prescribed practices—and are totally unfamiliar with mysticism.

Its official, founded on July 5, 2025. This is the platform according to Wikipedia: Musk has stated that the America Party is focused on deficit reduction. In addition, the party supports deregulation, free trade, and immigration of high-skilled workers, according to The New York Times's Nate Cohn, who stated that its ideology "may be recognizable by the labels its critics on both the left and right have already assigned", referring to neoliberalism and globalism, respectively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Party And this is the platform according to Elon's X.com page. -reduce debt, responsible spending only -modernize military with ai/robotics -pro tech, accelerate to win in ai -less regulation across board but especially in energy -free speech -pro natalist -centrist policies everywhere else

I liked the Jehovah's Witnesses blog post. In fact, I think I was the one who originally posted and recommended that channel, ExJW Panda Tower, on this forum.

Domesticated beaver builds a dam.

Newly uncovered metadata reveals that 2 minutes and 53 seconds were cut from the DOJ and FBI's "full raw" surveillance video of Epstein’s cell the night before his death. https://www.disclose.tv/id/oqknx9cd6z/

Epstein didn't kill himself.

Largely because they've always been successful.

I really liked the new blog post about South Korea. I found this cool documentary on South Korea's educational system, definitely worth your time. I think this documentary is worthy to go on the blog. Not just to comment on Korean society, but on the factory-farm nature of education in general.

I’m currently on the 1,000 page mark and still pushing through.

The problem is that it’s way too long, and there’s too many techniques to keep track of. I love it, it’s quite possibly one of the most profound books I’ve ever read, far superior to any book of the Bible or the Quran, in terms of the spiritual value and wisdom I’ve gained from it. But 1,300 pages? 112 meditation techniques? How do I even begin to keep track of it all?

Watch these two videos if you want to throw up. This maniac smokes 2-3 packs of cigarettes and drinks 15 cans of diet coke a day.

I made a big mistake reading the Osho book of secrets, which I picked up because of the book list. @Leo Gura did you finish it?

I really liked this video.

I've only read the fourth book about Lenin on the new list, and it was incredible.

What’s in the “Big Beautiful Bill”? Big tax cuts: Extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanently Lowers corporate taxes Boosts the child tax credit (up to $2,500) New deductions for things like tips, overtime, and car loans Raises the SALT deduction cap to $40k Creates “Trump-accounts” (tax-free savings for kids) Massive spending cuts: Cuts over $1 trillion from Medicaid Adds work requirements and stricter eligibility Cuts food stamp (SNAP) funding Wipes out a bunch of clean energy tax credits Big bump to defense & border spending: $150B+ for the military $170B+ for immigration control: border wall, detention beds, ICE expansion Debt & deficit impact: Raises the debt ceiling by $4–5 trillion Adds about $2.4–4 trillion to the national deficit over 10 years

Sincere question, but Jordan and Egypt had occupied and even annexed the Gaza Strip and West Bank for about 19 years. Why didn't they make a Palestinian state then?

I think I recommended that Lenin book to you years back.

A man came to the United States for a brief holiday when he was stopped by immigration authorities who demanded to see his phone. He was barred entry to the U.S. because they had discovered a meme depicting the Vice President as a baby. By the way, the MSNBC video linked above, please, I'm begging you to read the comments, they're hilarious. For context, this was the meme he had on his cell phone:

Meet Zohran Mamdani: https://www.zohranfornyc.com/ He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and a current candidate for the Mayor of New York City. This election is significant because he managed to close the polling gap between him and Cuomo by a significant margin. He used to be behind Cuomo 30+ points in the polls and now is now behind less than 10% points in the most recent polls. Even Vaush thinks that this guy is a genuine socialist and not a social-democrat, as he wants to create more city and employee owned enterprises in NYC, such as and most notably, grocery stores. If he actually wins this, it will be a huge victory for the socialist movement in America. A member of the DSA being the mayor of one of the most iconic and economically significant cities in the world? Eugene V. Debs would be so proud. But this is precisely why all of the centrist corporate wall street Dems, and have all endorsed Cuomo, despite him being shockingly bad due to his past sex abuse scandals and corruption. Cuomo is only popular because of his name recognition, and he is very well established in the Democratic Party's corrupt senior leadership, so the dinosaurs who make up that leadership don't want to see one of their chess pieces fall. For the centrist libs, maintaining their positions of authority, enriching themselves through corruption, and serving corporate interests is more important to them than serving the poor, which is why all of the big moneyed interests have donated to Cuomo's Fix the City Super PAC, including: Billionaires: Stavros Niarchos, Alex Blavatnik, Peter Schoenfeld, Henry Swieca, Bill Ackman, Barry Diller, John B. Hess, Matt Hulsizer, Kenneth Langone, William Lauder, Daniel Loeb, Deborah Simon, Alice Walton, Dan Loeb, Glenn Dubin, and Emma Bloomberg. Other high-profile donors: Billy Joel, Michael Kors, Stacey Bendet, Beth Dozoretz, Laurie Tisch, Antonio Weiss, Abby Levy, Jessica Seinfeld, Peggy Drexler, Jill Kargman, and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel. Corporations and Organizations: DoorDash Inc., Fisher Brothers Management Company, The Durst Organization, Halmar International, Lyft, Including RXR Acquisition Corp, Centerview Partners, Charter Communications, and SkyBridge Capital.

Thank you! I remember I PM'd you about the iTunes issue.

@Leo Gura I just checked the book list. Thank you so much for adding that book about Lenin by Victor Sebestyen. I read that book several years ago and I loved it.